Wizard

By John Varley

Subjects: Women ship captains, Life on other planets, Fiction, Human-alien encounters

Description: Seventy five years after the arrival of Ringmaster on Titan, Captain Cirocco "Rocky" Jones has developed an odd, almost symbiotic relationship with the planet-sized alien she calls home. But Gaea is three million years old, a god whose body is failing and whose mind is swiftly deteriorating. Rocky comes to the conclusion that Gaea has gone insane, and she must launch a battle to preserve what can be saved.